Sometimes I think we have it all here in the UAE: Peace, security, blue sky, sunshine and, for many, a quality of life well above what we left at home. But people are never content with what they’ve got, so what could the UAE’s rather spoilt expats possibly wish for in 2013?

Unsurprisingly, finances come high on the wish-list. In an online poll, Emirates 24/7 found that there’s an overwhelming desire both to pay off debts and to increase income, either through a pay rise or, more likely, via changing jobs. Buoyed by a feeling of positivity in the region’s job market, over 65 per cent of workers surveyed by Bayt.com said they’re planning to change jobs in 2013 after a long period of insecurity has held them in “disappointing” jobs.